The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants nine exemptions to the statute.

The government has the responsibility to keep the public informed on how it conducts business. One of the tools available to the public to attain this type of information is access to government records. The Freedom of Information Act are Records Access Laws pertaining to agency records. The FOIA is a federal statute which governs federal records, i.e. those maintained on behalf of a federal agency or Kentucky Department of Military Affairs (DMA).

Every government employee plays a vital role with regard to release of information to the public.

Authority to release records or deny access to records, does not exist at unit/office level. RAOs are trained to assess fees, apply waivers and protect non-Public data/information.

All requests for federal records exempted from release under the FOIA must be forwarded to the National Guard Bureau with a recommendation to not release the records based on the appropriate citation from the FOIA.

Persons denied access to records have the right to appeal. Appellate Authorities are:

The Kentucky Army National Guard FOIA Office serves as the Requester Service Center for KYARNG FOIA requests. Contact the KYARNG FOIA Office at (502) 607-1589 if you have any questions about the processing of your request. If you are not satisfied with the response from this office, you may contact the NGB FOIA Office at (703) 607-3195 or ng.ncr.arng.mbx.ngb-foia@mail.mil.